Police & Fire: Burlington woman dies in crash

FATAL CRASH: Funeral arrangements are pending for the woman killed in a two-vehicle crash on Friday. The Brown Funeral Home in Niles announced they are preparing the funeral for Deborah Mansfield, 66, of Burlington. She died Friday at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Eight-Mile Road near U Drive just north of Union City in Burlington Township. Calhoun County Sheriff Department investigators reported the crash at 9:24 a.m. Deputies said a southbound van driven by a Battle Creek man, 33, swerved to avoid a small animal in the road and crossed the center line on a curve and struck the northbound van driven by Mansfield. The man, whose name has not been released by deputies, was taken to Bronson Battle Creek for treatment. Mansfield died at the scene. The investigation is continuing.

ASSAULTS: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:

• A woman was arrested on a charge of domestic assault after a man, 27, said he was a victim in the first block of Frelinghuysen Avenue at 2:38 p.m. Friday.

• Officers are investigating an assault reported by a woman, 48, in the first block of South 27th Street near Territorial Road at 1:37 a.m. Saturday. She said it occurred a week earlier.

• A man, 43, reported at 3:30 a.m. Saturday that he was assaulted in the 100 block of Riverside Drive but he didn't have any information about the suspect.

DRUGS: Battle Creek police arrested a woman, 26, on a charge of possession of heroin after they checked a car in a parking lot in the 100 block of Capital Avenue Southwest at 1:37 a.m. Saturday.